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4a.1) Successful Working
One of the aspects of employees’ working lives that impacted greatly upon their experiences of positivity and
positive working within the organisation was the occurrence of working successfully. When employees felt they
had made gains within their role there was a strong general sense of achievement.
Example response 1 (Participant 3): “There was a big piece of work that I brought to
week”.
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Example response 2 (Participant 6): “the recent few weeks we’ve been working towards, erm, a new display
which goes up next week and I think like I’ve been able to get on
with it and I’ve felt quite positive…”.
4a.2) Passionate Staff
Within each of the individuals there was a great sense of passion for the organisation to which they belong.
They wanted the organisation to be successful and inspiring, and the level of passion and dedication meant that
individuals were unafraid of working longer hours than they were contracted to do, or going ‘beyond the call of
duty’ within their role.
Example response 1 (Participant 12): “most people who work in [name of satellite site] are passionate about
what they do”.
Example response 2 (Participant 6): “I know we can do some really exciting, really
people are gonna go ‘wow look what they’re doing in
[name of place]…”
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